RE: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

Douglas,

Sure changing for the sake of change doesn't make much sense.

But I'd be willing to bet that in most cases, you could find some
improvements in changing from green screen to GUI.

The ROI might take a while, but eventually it would pay off.

Not to mention that you wouldn't have to worry about a CEO/CIO being
convinced to get rid of the "legacy" system in favor of something
modern.

Charles Wilt
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iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas W. Palme
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 1:43 PM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: RE: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence
> 
> You are correct Charles, and I would also add that changing 
> for change sake
> is not in my opinion a valid reason to change.
> 
> For us, green screen works and works well!  We do not have a 
> need for high
> end graphics in our operational departments.  Others may in 
> fact have that
> need; however, for us it is the reliability and uptime that is most
> important, something of which we have never been able to 
> achieve with any
> other platform. 
>